A lubricant including: an ionic liquid, which includes a conjugate acid (B.sup.+) and a conjugate base (X.sup.), and is protic, wherein the ionic liquid is represented by the following general formula (1), and wherein the conjugate base is a conjugate base of sulfonic acid, a conjugate base of sulfonimide, or a conjugate base of trisulfonylmethide:

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where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represent a hydrogen atom or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 form a benzene ring together with carbon atoms to which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are bonded, R.sup.3 represents a to straight-chain hydrocarbon group having 10 or more carbon atoms, and R.sup.4 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group in the general formula (1).

A lubricant including: an ionic liquid, which includes a conjugate acid (B.sup.+) and a conjugate base (X.sup.), and is protic, wherein the ionic liquid is represented by the following general formula (1), and wherein the conjugate base is a conjugate base of sulfonic acid, a conjugate base of sulfonimide, or a conjugate base of trisulfonylmethide:

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where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represent a hydrogen atom or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 form a benzene ring together with carbon atoms to which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are bonded, R.sup.3 represents a to straight-chain hydrocarbon group having 10 or more carbon atoms, and R.sup.4 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group in the general formula (1).

A lubricant including an ionic liquid, which contains a conjugate acid (B.sup.+) and a conjugate base (X.sup.) and is aprotic, wherein the conjugate acid contains a straight-chain hydrocarbon group having 10 or more carbon atoms, and wherein an acid that is a source of the conjugate base has a pKa in water of 0 or less.

A lubricant including an ionic liquid, which includes a conjugate acid (B.sup.+) and a conjugate base (X.sup.), and is protic, wherein the conjugate acid includes a straight-chain hydrocarbon group having 10 or more carbon atoms, and wherein the conjugate base is represented by the following general formula (1):

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where n is an integer of from 0 to 6 in the general formula (1).

A lubricant including an ionic liquid, which includes a conjugate acid (B.sup.+) and a conjugate base (X.sup.), and is protic, wherein the conjugate acid includes a straight-chain hydrocarbon group having 10 or more carbon atoms, and wherein the conjugate base is represented by the following general formula (1):

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where n is an integer of from 0 to 6 in the general formula (1).

A pre-lubricated stock sheet and a method and system for making the same are described. The pre-lubricated stock is generally in a coil wound form. The stock sheet can have opposing first and second sheet surfaces joined together by opposing side edges and opposing ends. Typically, the first and second sheet surfaces are substantially smooth and planar, wherein the sheet has 3 mg/foot.sup.2/side to about 200 mg/foot.sup.2/side of a solid lubricant having a melting temperature from about 80 to 212 degrees Fahrenheit. Moreover, the opposing side edges usually are substantially free of the solid lubricant. In some configurations, the stock sheet is an aluminum stock sheet, more particularly an aluminum can stock sheet. Furthermore, the lubricant can be in some configurations a food grade lubricant, that is qualifies a low volatile organic compound under one or more of municipal, state and federal governing authorities.